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EDITORS’ NOTES

A Westside icon with an unimpeachable pedigree, Daz debuted on The Chronic, produced countless hits for Snoop, Tupac, and Nate Dogg, and was half of Tha Dogg Pound with Kurupt. With a 20-year career that's endured various beefs, untimely deaths, label issues, changing industry trends, lawsuits, bootlegs, and more, he continues to release new music nearly every year, discovering young talent and cranking out G'd-up California anthems. Witit Witit is his 14th solo release. It picks up where 2011's D.A.Z. left off, with another batch of jams about love for the hood ("4 Tha Hood"), rolling in the whip ("Ryd'n"), and stacking cash ("D-Boy Money"), plus freely dispensing beatdowns and bullets whenever necessary. Veteran emcees Khujo and 8 Ball lend a hand, as do newcomers Schy Keeton, Mz. Jenise, and Crystal. The minimalist beats come courtesy of Drumma Boy, Mike WiLL Made It, and Maestro.

Witit Witit

EDITORS’ NOTES

A Westside icon with an unimpeachable pedigree, Daz debuted on The Chronic, produced countless hits for Snoop, Tupac, and Nate Dogg, and was half of Tha Dogg Pound with Kurupt. With a 20-year career that's endured various beefs, untimely deaths, label issues, changing industry trends, lawsuits, bootlegs, and more, he continues to release new music nearly every year, discovering young talent and cranking out G'd-up California anthems. Witit Witit is his 14th solo release. It picks up where 2011's D.A.Z. left off, with another batch of jams about love for the hood ("4 Tha Hood"), rolling in the whip ("Ryd'n"), and stacking cash ("D-Boy Money"), plus freely dispensing beatdowns and bullets whenever necessary. Veteran emcees Khujo and 8 Ball lend a hand, as do newcomers Schy Keeton, Mz. Jenise, and Crystal. The minimalist beats come courtesy of Drumma Boy, Mike WiLL Made It, and Maestro.

TITLE

TIME

Y.N.W.K.U. (youngn*ggaswillkillu)

0:47

$treet Money

4:27

4 Tha Hood (feat. Schy Keeton & Mz. Jenise)

4:04

1 On 1

2:56

Ryd'n

3:57

Once Again

4:35

Hold Up (feat. Crystal)

5:11

Come Thru (feat. Schy Keeton)

3:21

My B*tch

4:59

Ball It Up (feat. Khujo)

2:58

Goin Gorilla

3:32

D-Boy Money (feat. 8 Ball & Gwop Nino)

3:50

Witit Witit

3:56

13 Songs, 48 Minutes

℗ 2012 Felder Entertainment Inc.

About Daz Dillinger

One of the key members of the mid-'90s Death Row Records empire, producer/rapper Daz Dillinger worked alongside some of the West Coast's best rappers. Along with Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and Snoop Dogg, Dillinger (at time known as Dat Nigga Daz) was one of the Long Beach, CA, clique that had been introduced to Dr. Dre through Warren G during the preliminary stages of the legendary Chronic album. Though Dillinger played only a minor role in the success of that album, his subsequent contributions to Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle album as a rapper quickly established him as an up-and-coming West Coast talent. And when his production helped make 2Pac's All Eyez on Me such a success, he was chosen to be Dr. Dre's successor for the production of Snoop's Tha Doggfather album.

Around the same time, he was part of a duo also including Kurupt known as tha Dogg Pound that released a somewhat overlooked album, Dogg Food. Then, following the departure of Dr. Dre, the death of 2Pac, and the imprisonment of Suge Knight, Death Row suddenly lost its momentum -- and Dillinger's career with it. During the late '90s, he continued his efforts as a prolific producer but saw his long-finished solo album for Death Row, Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back, get continually pushed back until it was finally released in 1998 to an indifferent audience; the album did feature "In California," though, which proved to be a minor hit.

In 2000, Dillinger released his second album, R.A.W., on his Dogg Pound Records label. The record found Dillinger dissing Suge Knight, Death Row, and even his cousin Snoop Dogg. Yet without major-label push, the album was greeted quietly. When Kurupt announced his new position as vice president of Death Row Records in 2002, Daz cut all ties with his former partner. This lasted until 2005 when the duo joined forces once again for the Dogg Pound album Cali Iz Active. A year later, Daz signed with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label and released So So Gangsta. ~ Jason Birchmeier